Blackpool
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The Broadway hotel fined a couple £100 after they wrote a bad review on Tripadvisor. How would Helen Pidd fare on her stay?
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Owner Peter Metcalf, who has in the past been compared with Basil Fawlty, is in prison for breaching 15 fire-safety regulations at the 90-room building
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Beaches including Blackpool and Margate may be affected by tighter EU water quality regulations
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Photographer and filmmaker Sean Smith steps backstage as the Funny Girls revue in Blackpool prepares for its Christmas Spectacular
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Joanne O'Connor's great escapes Travel tips: a Moroccan retreat, ekeing out summer and deals of the week
Stay in the heart of a new cultural centre near Marrakech, or get your skates on and nip down to English coast
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The Centre for Social Justice has published a report called Turning the Tide, looking at social conditions in five UK seaside towns
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Joanne O'Connor's great escapes Travel tips: stay in a Venice island's first hotel and hire a beach butler
Tour the glassworks while you stay in Murano's first hotel, order drinks for the beach and the week's best deals
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TV and film dramas give boost to holidays in Britain, say tourism chiefs, with Dorset the latest to gain from 'Harry Potter effect'
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Seaside resorts across Britain attracted thousands of holidaymakers in their heyday, but these coastal towns have faded, with the former grandeur serving only as a reminder of a glorious bygone era.
Seaside towns around the country are being rejuvenated in the hope they can bring back visitors. Margate's Dreamland amusement park was given £10m last week to transform it into a heritage-themed park. Similar renovation projects are taking place in Blackpool, Morecambe and Bexhill-on-Sea.
Guardian readers share their images of seaside towns during their heyday, in their ruin or after receiving a new lease of life.
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Even the fountains dance in Blackpool Tower, which is packed with attractions for all ages
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Blackpool is celebrating 100 years in lights, with thousands of people expected to attend the annual switch on tonight
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Every summer, those with a yearning to revisit the halcyon days of punk go to Blackpool for the Rebellion festival. Just don't expect the pogoing to be all that energetic, writes Dave Simpson
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Artist Brian Griffiths has been given free run of the huge store where the famous lights are kept out of season to pick the ones which most delight him for a new exhibition. Helen Nugent reports
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Despite six months of testing on the new tracks, the first tram to run was stuck for three hours in sand driven by stormy weather
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A beautiful new seafront register office is one of the gems of Blackpool's regeneration, writes Rowan Moore
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A report has concluded that the controversial gas extraction method of fracking was 'probably' to blame for two earthquake tremors near Blackpool. As protesters call for its banning, do you agree with them?
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Will they make it a hat-trick on Merseyside by getting the Tory conference next year?
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A 154 metre-high glass skywalk and observation deck is the main attraction at the newly reopened Blackpool Tower, following a multi-million pound refit
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The Northerner Conservatives are ambitious - and thoughtful - about real regional clout for the North
In our final guest blog from regional MPs, the Northerner's political columnist Ed Jacobs hears from Paul Maynard about the Tory take on Government policy for the North
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The Grundy art gallery has a lovely exhibition of photography and installations charting the resort through the years
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Tourism bosses hope to lure families to Lancashire resort with attractions including Blackpool Dungeon and tower-top skywalk
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There are some great family days out to enjoy in the UK this summer. Just pack the picnic and set off
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Among the ideas are the expansion of a cycle hire scheme, car sharing and charging points for electric vehicles in all the town's car parks
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John Robb: Adam Ant's decision to tour Britain's coastal towns marks a welcome revival of a historic pop tradition
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More beaches given the top rating this year – but slightly more failed to meet basic water standards
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Trevor Hemmings, the racehorse owner and leisure magnate, has lost more than £4m following the failure of Pontin's holiday camp chain
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Talks taking place to try to avert industrial action in Blackpool after two drivers are told they are too big for their cabs
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In a time before nylon and spandex, postwar Brits leave the air-raid shelters and learn to enjoy the daylight, says Peter Conrad
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Once the king of Britain's resorts it is now better known for drunken stag bashes and ballroom-dancing OAPs. Now it's bidding to be a Unesco world-heritage site. Why?
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Crabbing and candyfloss, garish graphics and 70s pop, caravan parks and pebbledash and crumbling piers – oh, and fabulous views. Our writers describe what a great British seaside holiday means to them
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Where to find a Punch and Judy show, donkey rides, saucy postcards, an insect museum and other end-of-the-pier delights
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Tony Naylor roots out the best budget eats along the west coast, taking in Lytham St Annes, Blackpool and Morecambe
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Open thread How do you revive a tired seaside town?
Open thread: A study of coastal resorts has come up with some depressing results. Tell us how they could be helped to regenerate